Stone-gatherer



'C. E. CHASE AND 0. E. HUTCHINGS.

STONE GATHERER.

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STONE GATHERER.

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I Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented May 20, 1919.

- Application filed August 3, 1917, Serial No. 184,325. Renewed0ctober8, 1918. Serial No. 257,409.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownrthat Yv lCHARLES E. "CHASE and OLIN E. HUTCHINGS, citizensof .the United States, residingat Belgrade, in the county of Gallatin,State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStone-Gatherers; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull,.clear,. and exactdescription of the invention,- such as willenable others skilledin the: art to'which it'appertains to make and usethe same.'-

' This invention relates to newand useful improvements in stone pickersor gatherers.

. One object of the present invention is to provide .a' simple and cheapdevice of this character by means'of which the stones can be quickly andefi'ectively gathered.

Another object is to provide a' deviceof this character by means ofwhich theastones are scraped up from the ground, elevated, and depositedin a wagon which is moving at the side of the device.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

. In the drawingz- 3 Figure 1 is a side elevation of a' stone gatherermade in accordance with our invention. I

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device.

Fig. 4; is a perspective view of a portion of the lifting wheel showingthe arrangement of the pockets.

- Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the rake member24.

Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View taken on the line (i -6of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 77 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 8' is a perspective view of the rear end of the rake member 24showing the scraping blade 36.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing there is shown ahorizontal frame which includes the side members 10 and the transverseend members 11. A tongue or draft pole 12 extends longitudinally throughthe center of the frame and is secured thereto, the said pole alsoextending a suitable distance forwardly of the frame where it issupported on the fifth-wheel truck 13 having the ground engaging wheels14. To this truck the draft animals are to be atto the adjacent tached,:as will be readily understood. Extending transversely of the rearportion of the frame isa shaftj16, and pivotally mounted onthis shaft isa rearwardly and upwardly inclined'frame 17, the rear end of whichcarries the shaft or axle 18. On one endof this axle there is mountedthe large ground engaging wheel 19. This wheel includes a. rim 20, .hub'21, and spokes 22. Securedzto each of the spokes of the 'wheehandpocket member 23.

Secured to the lower side'of the main or first-mentioned frame anddisposed obliquely and longitudinally from the forward outer corner ofthe frame to a point below and rearwardly ofthe axle of the wheel 19, isa bar 24, said bar being provided with downwardly extending rake teeth25 for scraping action on the ground to drag the stonestherefrom. Theseteeth are held on thebar by the plate 24 and the bolts 25' which latterare disposed through the plate and bar. 011 the rear end of this barthere is disposed a mold-board-shaped member 36 which is adapted toguide the stones into the pockets ofthe wheel 19 as the pocketssuccessively reach their lowermost points in the rotation of the wheel.Secured to the lower side of the frame 10 and extending from the otherforward corner of the main frame to a point adjacent the intersection ofthe tongue 12 and the shaft 16, is a second shorter beam 27, alsoprovided with downwardly extending raking teeth 28 which are arranged todraw the stones from that side of the machine toward the other scraper.The teeth 28 are held on the-bar 27 in a similar manner to that of theteeth 25, by means of the plate 24 and the bolts 25. The other end ofthe axle is formed with a crank portion 29, and on this portion there ismounted a ground engaging wheel 30.

The pockets are so constructed and arranged that they receive stoneswhen at their lowermost points in the rotation of the large wheel anddump the stones at one side of the wheel when at their uppermost points,or approximately such positions. A wagon is arranged to be drawn alongside of the large wheel to receive the stones which are discharged bythe pockets. Thus stones from a field, road, or other place, can beeffectively scraped up, lifted, and deposited in a receptacle fordisposition at portion of the rim. is a some other point. The device isextremely simple and cheap in construction, and is effective in itsOperation.

Mounted on the frame 10, is the drivers seat 31. Mounted on the frame 17is a toothed segment plate 17 and pivotally I mounted on thisplate andprovided with a pawl 32 for engagement with the said teeth, is a liftinglever 33. This lever is formed with an arm 34 which is connected to therear end of the bar v2% by means of the chain 35. Thus when the saidlever is moved in one direction the rearend of the bar 24:, togetherwith the frame 10, will be elevated so that the teeth of the bars 24 and27 will be held clear of the ground.

It will be noted that each of the pocket members is formed from a single:piece of metal bent, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 4, whereby thestones which are scraped thereinto by the curved blade 36 will be heldtherein until the pockets reach such a height in the rotation of theWheel 19 that their contents will fall by gravity into the chute 37,carried by the frame 17, and be discharged into the wagon. This blade 36is carried by the rear end of the toothed bar 24. This blade guides anddeflects the stones which are scraped rearwardly by the teeth 25 so thatthey will be properly scooped into the pockets as said pocketssuccessively dispose themselves at the "lowermost point of the wheel'19.

hat is claimed is:

1. A stone gatherer including a frame,

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rearw ardly converging scraping rakes on the frame, a movably connectedframe carr1ed. by the first frame, a Wheel earned by the'movable frameand engaging the ground the said extended end of the sorapingu'ake forguiding the stones into the pockets successively, said'pockets beingarranged to dump the stones adjacent the upper portion of the wheel. v

' 2. A stone zgatherer inoludinga horizontal frame, rearward'lyextending and converging bars rigidly secured to the lowerside of theframe, said bars being provided with raking teeth, a ground engagingwheel disposed rearwardly of the frame, a frame pivo'tally connected to:the 'first frame and supporting said wheel adjacent the converg ingends of the said bars, pockets carried by and rotatable with the wheel,thev rear end of vone of said barseXtendin-g beyond the end of the'other bar and adjacent the said wheel, and a curved guiding andcollecting blade carried by said end of thee tending bar.

In testimony whereof we ailix our signatures in the presence of twoWitnesses:

CHARLES E. CHASE. OLIN E. HUT-CHINGS. Witnesses ALEX. VAN DYKEN, Guns.A. Rmtn nr.

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